Safety Instructions - Before Working; Safety Instructions - Operating; Safety Instructions - While Working; General Safety Instructions - ATIKA MHB 40 Originalbetriebsanleitung

Safety instructions – before working
Carry out the following checks before the initiation and
regularly during the working process. Observe the relevant
sections in the operating instruction manual:
• Is the device assembled completely and properly?
• Is the device in good and safe condition?
• Are the handles clean and dry?
• Before starting your work make sure that:
− no other persons, children or animals stay within the
working area,
− you can always step back without any barriers,
− you have always a secure standing position.
• Is workplace free of risks to stumble? Keep your workplace in
an orderly condition! Untidiness can result in accidents.
• Take environmental influences into consideration:
− Do not work under insufficient light conditions (e.g. fog,
rain, snow flurry or twilight).
− Do not use this machine near inflammable liquids or
gases. Risk of fire!
− The operator is responsible for accidents or risks
which occur to other persons or their properties.
Safety instructions – operating
• Never work with only one hand. Hold the device always
firmly with both hands.
• Never work
− with stretched arms
− on hardly accessible places
− above shoulder height
• Make sure you have a safe standing position, in particular on
inclined or wet areas and keep the balance at any time.
Always operate the machine in walking speed.
• Keep the safety distance that is provided by the handles.
• Never adjust the operating handles during the work. Risk of
accident!
• Be especially careful when turning the machine or pulling it
towards you.
• While the engine is running do not:
− lift and carry the machine.
• Caution! The hoeing tools stop delayed. Wait until they came
to a dead stop.
• To have a break stop the machine and place it so that
nobody is at risk. Secure the device against unauthorized
access.
Safety instructions – while working
• Never work alone. Keep acoustic and visual contact to other
persons at all times to allow immediate first aid in emergency
cases.
• Immediately stop the engine at imminent danger or in
emergency cases.
• Never leave the device running unattended.
• This device chain saw produces harmful
substances. Never start the product in closed
rooms or poorly ventilated areas risk of carbon monoxide
poisoning. Provide for a sufficient change of air when working
in wells, trenches or confined spaces. There is the risk of
carbon monoxide poisoning or death by suffocation.
• Immediately stop working when you feel unwell (e.g. head-
ache, dizziness, nausea, etc.). Otherwise there is an in-
creased risk of accidents.
• Do not overload the machine! You work better and safer in
the given performance range.
• Take breaks when working so that the engine can cool down.
• Do not place a hot machine in dry grass or onto inflammable
objects.
• Never touch the silencer and the engine while the machine is
running or shortly after it was stopped. Danger of burning!

General safety instructions

• Maintain the machine carefully:
− Follow the maintenance instructions and the instructions
for tool exchange.
− Keep handles dry and free of oil, resin and grease.
• Only assemble tools that are designed for this machine.
The use of other tools and other accessories may
present a risk of injury to you.
• Check the machine for possible damage:
− Before further use of the machine the safety devices must
be checked carefully for their proper and intended function.
Only operate the device with complete and correctly
attached safety equipment and do not alter anything on the
device that could impair its safety.
− Check whether movable parts function perfectly and do not
stick or whether parts are damaged. All parts must be
correctly installed and fulfil all conditions to ensure perfect
operation of the machine.
− Damaged safety devices and parts must be properly
repaired or exchanged by a recognized, specialist workshop;
insofar as nothing else is stated in the instructions for use.
− Damaged or illegible safety labels have to be replaced.
• Do not allow any tool key to be plugged in!
Before switching on, checking always that all tools are
removed.
• Store unused equipment in a dry, locked place out of the
reach of children.
• Stop the machine and remove the spark plug connector when
− Contact of the hoeing tools with roots, stones, nails or
other foreign substances
− Carrying out repair work.
− Performing maintenance and cleaning work.
− Eliminating faults.
− Transporting or storing.
− Changing the hoeing tools.
− Leaving of machine (also for short-term interruption)
Do not carry out repair operations on the machine other
than those described in section "Maintenance" but contact
the manufacturer or authorized customer service centres.
Repairs to other parts of the machine must be carried out
by the manufacturer or one of his customer service points.
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